GPS on the Neo 1973

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The Neo1973 device contains an integrated GPS. The particular device
is marketed as an AGPS, and there is some
discussion available as to what significance that "A" might have.

In the GTA01Bv4 shipment to the Phase 0 developers, a binary-only program
for talking to the the GPS is available
in /home/root/DM2/gps, (and presumably, the same binary would function
on a P0 device). There is an ongoing effort to write a Free Software
program that could be used instead of this binary-only program. See
Hammerhead/Protocol for details and the latest status.

In the meantime, Pavel Machek
provides the
following script for recording an NMEA stream from the binary program:

He also succeeded
at getting the Neo1973 to act like a bluetooth GPS with the following
script: (Note that this script has bad problems if you run it more than once. You can get a "time traveling GPS" effect, with the GPS showing you your past position).

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The Neo1973 device contains an integrated GPS. The particular device
is marketed as an AGPS, and there is some
discussion available as to what significance that "A" might have.

In the GTA01Bv4 shipment to the Phase 0 developers, a binary-only program
for talking to the the GPS is available
in /home/root/DM2/gps, (and presumably, the same binary would function
on a P0 device). There is an ongoing effort to write a Free Software
program that could be used instead of this binary-only program. See
Hammerhead/Protocol for details and the latest status.

In the meantime, Pavel Machek
provides the
following script for recording an NMEA stream from the binary program:

He also succeeded
at getting the Neo1973 to act like a bluetooth GPS with the following
script: (Note that this script has bad problems if you run it more than once. You can get a "time traveling GPS" effect, with the GPS showing you your past position).